I didn't! Please don't take what I've said out of context.onlyifchased wrote:@brimstoneSalad: The dude is 6' tall, 165lbs, and wants to build muscle. Please don't tell him to eat less calories!

I originally said:
He explicitly asked how to reduce his calorie consumption to fix the excess in cronometer, I didn't recommend it.brimstoneSalad wrote: you'll need to eat quite a bit of food to make gains unless you have some pretty lucky genetics.[...]
Nuts can be a good way to get in more calories without cooking, and you can eat them through the day.[...]
[about energy] That's calories, You need those to work out. You can input your workout into cronometer too. How many total calories are you getting?
Again, cronometer told him it was too many, and this is AFTER he input all of his info AND his exercise.
Unfortunately, he didn't tell me how many he was getting, he was just concerned that cronometer reported it as an excess.
I told him how to fix that, as he asked me.wilsonwjesse wrote:I had already entered in my exercise and my calories are under what it says I burn, yet energy is still red. Just curious how to fix that.
I don't think it's broken, unless he feels like he's gaining too much body fat.
That is ONE way to do it as a competitive bodybuilder, but not necessarily the best way for most people. Cutting is very hard, so most people will probably be better served by gaining gradually rather than going on a rigorous bulk and cut cycle. I didn't get the impression that he was aiming for a competition body, just to gain a little to look better.onlyifchased wrote:To elaborate on (2), in order to build muscle you are almost certainly going to need to gain weight. Later, once you've gained some muscle, you can reduce your calories to lose any fat you may gain in the process,
He only needs a small calorie surplus.